Tool for handling clamping members



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ATTORNEY l Patented July 5, V19,32 I l :fl-UNITED rELECTRIC".COMPANY,`.INCOrtrcmAfrEn,,or NEW ironia, N. LAV coRronA'rIoN or,

NEW YORK PATENT OFFICE WILLiAM w. MCWILLIAMS, or' EAST ORANGE, lNEW v:inasi:igAssIerNoRro 'rooL ron HANDLING CLAMPINeMElMi-snns f .v v ff.

Y Application led January 8, 17931. .Serhial 1li-fo, 507,422. j

This invention relates to a tool for handling clamping members, and more particularly to a tool for detaching and removing -cable clamping members of the type disclosed in 45 the patent to Bowly et al., No. 1,782,404, is-

" sued November 25, 19.30. Y

A11 object of the invention is to provide a simple and inexpensive` tool for handling clamping members of the type above` referred to. Y

' The invention contemplates a tool having portions movable with respect to each other, and means responsive to a relative movement between the portions for detaching and sil multaneously removing a clampingmember.

In accordance with one embodiment of the invention there is provided a tool comprising a handled bar or body portion terminating in a removable beveled round ended blade adapted to be inserted between adjacent interlocked clamping members. A slide car-V ried by the body portion is formed with finger grips and is provided with removable spaced hooks for engaging one of the clamp- A beveled blade to detach and remove said clamping member upon a relative movement between the slide and the body portion.

Other features and advantages of the in- ANL vention will become apparent from the foli lowing detailed description, reference being hadto the accompanyingv drawing, wherein Fig. 1f is a perspective View of aY tool em-f bodying the features of the invention, show.

. ?,5 ing one manner in which it may be employed for detaching cable clamping members;

Fig. k2 is a vertical sectional view thereof;

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary section on line 3 3 of Fig. 2 and Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged detailed, views of the removable blade." l

Referring now to the drawing, the ,referv ence numeral 10 designates a portion of a cable supporting framework to whicha plurality of cables 11, 11 lare attachedby means ing members, thereby cooperating with the Y ofcooperating interlocked clamping' members Y' 12, 12 of the typev disclosed in the patent to A Bowly et al. hereinbefore referredto. Briefly described, these clamping; members c`onsist of'flat strip materiaLpreferablysheet metal, 4

`formed into a two sided right anglemembefr provided with means-for interlocking engages ment 'with'each other to attach cablesto a ,Y

supporting framework or to previously 'f-'atf tached cables.' Each ofthe clamping members is'formedv with slots 13 andV 14C for accommodating the vertical portion ofianothe'r simil ilar clamping member. A depending prong 15 extending inwardly within `theslot 14j -engages one of al "pluralityf of spacedfsrlot's 17 in the vertical portion fof Ka similar clamping member toV thereby-.interlock verticallyxadj acent clamping members. The horizontal-por'n tion of each clam-ping n iemberQisk provided v witlfl 2 projecting prong 18 forA engaging one of a plurality of 'spaced\slotsf20, 2,0;infthe horizontalVV portion of 1a: I similar clamping member to thereby yinterlock lnirizontally adjacent'clamping members. l, e

The tool ofthe present embodiment of-the invention, designated generally lin the draw'- ing bythe lreference lrmmeral k25, is particula'rly' designed for fao'ilitatingthe 'removal' of the above described cable clamping members. .asfor example, whenit'is desiredto removek or rearrange the supported' cables. Referring to Figs. `1 and 2'of'the drawing, it will beobserv'ed- `that the tool consists Vof a bar'or body `portion 26 provided at one end with ahandle Y forknob 27 and terminating, .atlits opposite end, in a' slightlybent tapered portion'y28 (Fig. t2). having Va removable blade. 29-at tached thereto by means of aclamping plate 30., As shown inyFigs. t and 5, the bladev29 terminates in a beveled round ended portion 3.2 to lfacilitate `its insertion between thede- -pendingprong 15 .of *oneA clamping member and 'thel slotted vertical fcentclamping member." Aslide. 35 Vcarried bythe" bodyV portion 264 ofthetool is' formed i n l ing plate 38. Y Obviously, the removable blade 29 and hooks 37 may be replaced When Worn at a very small cost, thus lengthening the life of the tool. 4 .Y

In the operation of the above described V tool, the knob 27 is grasped by the palm of the hand and the slide is gripped by the first two fingers of the same hand. The hooks 37-l are then enga-ged' with the slot-"14 'of the' clamping member to be removed and the beveled blade 29 is inserted between the depending prong l5 kof said clamping member and the slotted vertical .portion of the adja- The knobv 27 and Y cent clamping member.

,l slide 35 are then pressed toward eachother to move the'blade 29 and hooks37 away from eachother,` thereby forcing the blade underneath the depending prong 15 ofthe clamping. member toA be removed and thus lifting the prong froml locking engagementvvith the cooperating slot 17 of the adjacent clamping l n* memberg the first mentioned clamping m'em- .berbeing thereafter removed from the adj acentvclamping member by a continued'rela.-

Wings integral therewith, anda hook at tached to the slidable means.

5. A tool for disengaging clamping mem# bers, comprising a handled bar terminating in a bent portion, a blade having a. bent portion and attached to the bar so that the bladed portion is parallel to the handled bar, slidable means carried by the bar and having oppositely projecting Wings integral there- With, and a hook attached to the slidable means.,V y.; y .Y I

In Witness whereof, I hereunto ysubscribe my Vname this 29th day of December, A. D. 1.930. 1

e f WILLIAM .MCWILLIAMS .tive movement between the body portion 26 f Vand the slide 35.

. i It is to be understood that the embodiment l of the invention 'herein `illustrated and devscribed ismerely illustrative ofy one useful .application (of the invention which is capable scope of Lthe appended claims.- What is claimed is of numerous other applications Within the .Y n'1. vvAtool for handling clamping members, comprising Va handled bar terminating in a bent portion, afremovable blade carried by the bent pOltlOn, and means 'movable with p Y respect to the blade for engaginga clamping member. f Y f 2. A tool for handling clamping members, I

comprising a handled bar, a blade removably carried thereby having a bent portion termi- .I v nating in a beveled round end, a slide carried t Y by the bar, and 'means Vcarried by theslide for engagingk a clamping member;

, 3.kk A tool for handling clamping members,l comprising a bodyV portion having ahandle Y at one end thereof and a removable beveled round ended V:blade at its opposite end, a slide carried by the body portion and having finger grips extending Yon opposite Vsides thereof and a pair of spaced removable hoo-ks carried by the slide; p t Y 14j A `tool for disengaginig clamping memvberscomprising a handle bar, a blade attached .thereto so that the bladed portion is parallel 1&5 tothehandledzbar,slidable means carriedby the Vbar and Vhaving Oppositely'projecting Y '7" Y fao 

